Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - August 22, 2026 Gametracker

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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Justin Verlander	Hip	05-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 1
Javier Baez	Ankle	05-25-2026Expected to be out until at least May 26
Gleyber Torres	Oblique	05-13-2026Expected to be out until at least May 14
Connor Seabold	Ankle	05-11-2026Expected to be out until at least May 12
Will Vest	Forearm	05-13-2026Expected to be out until at least May 14
Parker Meadows	Arm	06-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 9
Reese Olson	Shoulder	02-20-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 21
Casey Mize	Thigh	05-15-2026Expected to be out until at least May 16
Tarik Skubal	Elbow	06-28-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 29
Kerry Carpenter	Shoulder	05-19-2026Expected to be out until at least May 20
Jackson Jobe	Elbow	08-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 15
Trey Sweeney	Shoulder	05-23-2026Expected to be out until at least May 24
Beau Brieske	Thigh	05-25-2026Expected to be out until at least May 26
Troy Melton	Elbow	05-25-2026Expected to be out until at least May 26
Bailey Horn	Elbow	05-25-2026Expected to be out until at least May 26

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	06-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 15
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-21-2026Expected to be out until at least May 22
James McArthur	Elbow	05-23-2026Expected to be out until at least May 24
Jonathan India	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Alec Marsh	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Bailey Falter	Elbow	05-11-2026Expected to be out until at least May 12

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Tigers DET-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Royals KC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
K. McGonigle SS	39	147	26	43	16	2	23	21	.293	.395	.435	.830	11	2	5	0	130
R. Greene CF	41	145	26	46	20	4	25	47	.317	.418	.490	.908	13	0	1	1	119
D. Dingler C	35	125	13	29	26	6	8	26	.232	.299	.440	.739	8	0	0	0	93
G. Torres 2B	32	116	18	30	11	2	25	22	.259	.389	.328	.717	2	0	0	0	82
S. Torkelson 1B	40	133	14	28	15	6	23	50	.211	.331	.406	.737	8	0	0	1	81
K. Carpenter RF	37	102	11	22	17	6	11	40	.216	.299	.451	.750	2	2	0	0	67
M. Vierling RF	33	92	9	20	17	2	9	16	.217	.282	.380	.662	9	0	1	0	64
C. Keith 3B	36	112	17	34	6	0	6	24	.304	.345	.366	.711	7	0	1	0	61
J. Baez SS	24	78	10	20	6	2	2	16	.256	.280	.397	.677	5	0	1	1	43
W. Perez SS	26	77	9	13	8	2	5	10	.169	.220	.273	.493	2	0	3	1	43
Z. McKinstry 3B	19	56	2	10	5	1	6	13	.179	.258	.286	.544	3	0	1	0	24
J. Jones 2B	26	47	6	10	5	2	3	16	.213	.260	.383	.643	2	0	0	1	23
P. Meadows CF	12	36	3	9	2	0	2	10	.250	.308	.333	.641	1	1	3	0	21
H. Lee 2B	17	46	4	8	6	1	3	16	.174	.224	.326	.550	2	1	0	0	20
J. Rogers C	13	36	4	6	4	0	1	11	.167	.200	.278	.478	2	1	1	0	16
G. Workman 3B	1	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	.500	.500	2.000	2.500	0	0	0	0	7
J. Jung 2B	3	6	1	1	0	0	2	1	.167	.375	.167	.542	0	0	0	0	3
Z. Short 3B	4	6	1	0	0	0	3	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	3
Total	41	1362	175	330	166	37	157	341	.242	.325	.391	.716	77	7	17	5	900

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
T. Skubal SP	7	7	3-2	0	0	43.1	2.70	35	14	13	2	6	45	.222	0.95	123
K. Montero SP	7	7	2-2	0	0	39.2	3.18	30	15	14	3	8	29	.205	0.96	94
F. Valdez SP	8	8	2-2	0	0	43.1	4.57	46	26	22	5	15	35	.261	1.41	79
C. Mize SP	6	6	2-2	0	0	31.0	2.90	26	10	10	2	11	35	.228	1.19	75
B. Hurter P	17	0	4-1	0	0	21.2	1.66	12	5	4	1	6	15	.162	0.83	72
K. Jansen RP	12	0	0-2	7	10	9.1	4.82	8	5	5	3	5	12	.229	1.39	55
D. Anderson RP	13	0	1-0	1	1	22.2	5.56	22	14	14	3	12	29	.253	1.50	47
K. Finnegan RP	19	0	1-0	1	2	19.1	1.40	14	3	3	1	15	13	.215	1.50	46
J. Flaherty SP	8	8	0-3	0	0	34.0	5.56	30	26	21	5	26	42	.236	1.65	29
T. Madden P	2	0	0-0	0	0	11.0	2.45	6	3	3	1	2	12	.154	0.73	28
E. De Jesus RP	10	0	2-0	0	0	14.0	6.43	19	13	10	0	8	15	.317	1.93	26
C. Seabold RP	8	0	1-0	0	0	11.0	4.09	12	5	5	2	5	11	.286	1.55	22
B. Hanifee RP	5	1	0-0	0	0	7.1	0.00	7	0	0	0	1	4	.259	1.09	16
J. Rogers C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	1	.400	2.00	16
T. Holton RP	17	2	0-1	0	1	17.1	4.15	21	8	8	2	8	12	.304	1.67	15
B. Smith RP	8	1	0-2	0	0	11.2	3.09	12	4	4	1	4	16	.267	1.37	13
W. Vest RP	13	0	1-3	0	1	11.2	6.17	11	10	8	1	6	13	.239	1.46	8
J. Verlander SP	1	1	0-1	0	0	3.2	12.27	6	5	5	1	2	1	.353	2.18	-6
R. Vanasco RP	2	0	0-1	0	1	2.0	22.50	4	5	5	1	2	2	.364	3.00	-9
Total	41	41	19-22	9	16	355.0	3.90	323	171	154	34	142	342	.241	1.31	749

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	41	162	19	49	19	5	19	31	.302	.372	.475	.847	11	1	12	2	140
M. Garcia 3B	39	151	21	43	16	3	17	26	.285	.353	.437	.790	12	1	4	3	112
V. Pasquantino 1B	39	145	16	29	19	5	17	33	.200	.281	.359	.640	4	2	1	0	90
C. Jensen C	38	119	16	26	18	6	16	43	.218	.312	.395	.707	3	0	0	0	76
S. Perez C	39	152	14	29	17	5	6	37	.191	.233	.322	.555	5	0	0	0	70
K. Isbel CF	34	97	13	26	10	3	6	25	.268	.330	.402	.732	4	0	5	0	68
J. Caglianone 1B	37	122	17	30	8	4	11	40	.246	.319	.418	.737	7	1	0	1	68
I. Collins LF	35	108	15	26	13	3	17	37	.241	.352	.361	.713	4	0	2	3	68
M. Massey 2B	28	74	10	17	12	3	3	18	.230	.253	.446	.699	7	0	1	0	51
L. Thomas RF	33	72	7	15	7	1	16	17	.208	.356	.264	.620	1	0	3	2	45
N. Loftin 1B	16	41	8	11	10	0	8	5	.268	.380	.390	.770	5	0	0	0	39
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
S. Marte RF	15	36	2	11	2	0	1	11	.306	.333	.389	.722	3	0	0	1	13
E. Diaz C	7	17	2	4	3	1	1	3	.235	.278	.529	.807	2	0	0	0	13
T. Tolbert SS	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	1	1	2
Total	41	1349	169	325	162	41	146	340	.241	.319	.391	.710	69	5	29	13	889

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	8	8	4-2	0	0	51.1	2.63	34	15	15	5	17	42	.188	0.99	143
K. Bubic SP	8	8	3-1	0	0	46.1	3.50	31	18	18	3	23	47	.190	1.17	117
L. Erceg RP	17	0	3-1	10	12	16.1	3.31	11	7	6	0	12	14	.200	1.41	113
S. Lugo SP	8	8	1-2	0	0	47.2	3.21	48	18	17	1	17	42	.270	1.36	94
D. Lynch SP	16	0	1-0	1	2	16.1	2.20	7	7	4	1	5	21	.123	0.73	55
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
N. Cameron P	7	7	2-2	0	0	35.2	5.55	45	25	22	5	14	32	.300	1.65	49
M. Strahm RP	15	0	1-0	0	1	14.2	3.68	12	6	6	2	6	15	.214	1.23	33
N. Mears RP	17	0	2-2	0	2	14.2	3.07	11	5	5	1	7	11	.216	1.23	30
S. Kolek RP	1	1	1-0	0	0	6.0	4.50	4	3	3	1	0	3	.182	0.67	22
E. Morgan RP	7	0	0-1	1	1	10.1	2.61	8	3	3	2	6	9	.205	1.35	20
J. Schreiber RP	17	0	0-2	1	1	16.0	3.38	14	6	6	2	9	6	.250	1.44	18
A. Lange RP	16	0	0-2	0	0	18.2	5.79	15	13	12	2	13	20	.221	1.50	15
M. Black P	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	0.00	7	0	0	0	2	5	.350	1.93	7
S. Cruz RP	7	0	0-0	0	0	7.0	10.29	8	8	8	4	5	11	.276	1.86	5
T. Tolbert SS	1	0	0-0	0	0	0.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	1.50	2
E. Cerantola P	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	9.00	2	3	3	1	4	5	.200	2.00	2
M. Spence SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	13.50	4	6	6	1	5	3	.267	2.25	-1
L. Avila SP	6	1	0-2	0	0	12.0	6.75	19	9	9	1	6	12	.373	2.08	-2
B. Falter SP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.1	13.50	8	5	5	1	2	4	.444	3.00	-3
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	41	41	19-22	13	20	364.1	4.27	320	183	173	44	178	347	.237	1.37	758

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